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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer would love to make a video game - if those stars align
“To leap into video games would be an incredible endeavor.”
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Magic: The Gathering’s top designer talks word creep, ‘jokey’ sets and possible future Archenemy support
Along with a lengthy discussion on the impact Play Boosters will have on common cards and the Pauper format.
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Moonrollers is a new, risky dice game from Mythic Mischief makers
Set in the same tabletop universe as Moonrakers, this push-your-luck dice game searches for the perfect crew.
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Dark Souls board game maker picks up Streets of Rage-inspired board game beat 'em up Street Masters
Street Masters joins Altar Quest as another orphaned Blacklist title rescued by the Manchester-based Steamforged Games.
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Exploding Kittens’ Netflix show transforms the popular party game into a battle of biblical proportions
The word of God is apparently, “meow”.
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Dicebreaker’s owner ReedPop is “investigating” a potential sale of its gaming websites
Including Dicebreaker and video game sites Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and GamesIndustry.biz.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel invites three Egyptian God cards to the TCG’s 25th anniversary
Obelisk would rock a black-tie tuxedo.
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Flesh and Blood’s 2023 world championship crowns a new TCG winner and launches a personal documentary
Alexandros Argyriou claimed a $100,000 purse while Legend Story Studios tells their own story.
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Ticket to Ride and Exploding Kittens maker to take part in owner's restructuring that has already cut 900 jobs
Despite leading a strong quarter for Embracer, one of tabletop’s largest publishers will join Embracer Group's wide scale, cost-saving initiative.
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D&D co-creator’s son just launched a fantasy shoe line as part of his lifestyle brand for gamers
Beloved early D&D artist Erol Otis provides an illustration for one of the tabletop-themed trainers.
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Chris Pine is “pretty confident” in a Dungeons & Dragons film sequel
Hot off voicing the villain in Disney’s Wish, the former bard says he’d absolutely return for another session.
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New York officials slam eBay for removing pro-union language from human rights policy amidst TCGPlayer union
The e-commerce company consistently blocked worker unionisation efforts and inquiries into its acquisition of TCGPlayer earlier this year.
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Monopoly and Dungeons & Dragons owner announces trio of winners for 2023 Women Innovators of Play Challenge
All three will have their original designs workshopped by Hasbro next year, along with a $10,000 prize.
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The Walking Dead Universe RPG shambles onto your kitchen table next week
American zombie horror by way of Swedish tabletop designers.
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SPONSORED: D&D map set Dungeon Craft helps you create dungeons, battles and cities for your fantasy world in seconds
Travel from fey forests to hellish underworlds in mere minutes.
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Boyfriend Dungeon RPG designers chose not to push romance or sex in video game adaptation
Kitfox Games instead looks to include a curated list of safety tools and outside resources.
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Disney Lorcana online sales hit by “most aggressive” attack ever seen by queue provider
Ravensburger says it plans to “reallocate” Rise of the Floodborn cards to other channels before the holiday rush.
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Boyfriend Dungeon’s official tabletop RPG makes sexy weapon smooching a group activity
Always wear protection, such as a fencing glove.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ delayed Deck of Many Things won’t be home for the holidays
Production on replacement decks have begun but will miss a holiday release by a matter of days.
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Disney Lorcana publisher pulls online sales for new set Rise of the Floodborn after DDoS attack
Ravensburger ends TCG sales directly through its website for the foreseeable future.
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Stormlight Archive RPG will allow players to join Knights Radiant and use Surgebinding powers
Game system includes “plot die”.
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MTG artist apologises after allegedly stealing artwork for Lost Caverns of Ixalan card
David Sondered has stepped away from social media following allegations from fellow MTG artist Lorenzo Lanfranconi.
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Sanderson’s Mistborn book series to be made into a deckbuilding game like Dominion
If you fancy some Allomancy.
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Adventure Time RPG punts its new ‘Yes And’ system in favour of D&D 5E rules
More like ‘No, But’.
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Adventure Time Card Wars’ ultimate reprint celebrates the competitive card game’s 10th anniversary
One whole decade of flooping the pig.
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Disney Lorcana Set 3 leaks appear online after cards stolen, publisher seeking any information
A Ravensburger representative confirmed the leak would not affect the third set’s release date.
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Heads up: Disney Lorcana’s second set, Rise of the Floodborn, hits store shelves today
The First Chapter’s follow-up shouldn’t suffer the inventory woes that affected the TCG’s launch.
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Pokémon TCG’s Paldean Fates expansion includes shiny versions of Pikachu, Ceruledge and 130 more critters
Shiny Pokémon - more than a gorgeous face.
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SPONSORED: Pulled a rare Lorcana, MTG or Pokémon card? You can now get them professionally graded for just $9
Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.
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The first of Pathfinder’s remastered RPG books are now available, sans D&D influence
New paths for new players.
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Ticket to Ride has a new PC game, but it’s not going down well with fans
Players will need to re-buy all expansions and are unable to play the previous app online.
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Sonic Roll looks like a faithful board game adaptation of the blue blur’s retro video game world
Rolling around at the speed of sound.
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New York board game cafe Hex&Co wins vote to join rising tide of tabletop unionisation
Hex Workers Unite is the latest board game-related business to organise for better working conditions.
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MTG players accuse Wizards of the Coast of using AI art in Tomb Raider Secret Lair advertisement
A now-deleted tweet caught major flak for using what many are calling an obvious use of AI-generated assets.
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Tomb Raider and MTG crossover includes an all-new Lara Croft commander card
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider is a Temur-coloured creature that synergises with legendary lands and artefacts.
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Monikers’ new 330-card expansion promises the “weirdest and best cards” in the party game’s history
CMYK claims this is the cheapest Monikers expansion yet (adjusted for inflation).
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Critical Role prequel novel delves into the backstory of Bells Hells’ favourite undead warlock
Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn’t Break drops in 2024 and explores Laudna’s lost adventures.
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Announcing the finalists for the Tabletop Awards 2023, this year’s standout board games, RPGs and creators
The games you should be playing and the names you should be watching.
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Munchkin maker revives classic board game Revolution! in the world of Pathfinder RPG
Viva la revolución, Korvosa!
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Here's an exclusive first look at Jungle Book's King Louie in next Disney Lorcana set Rise of the Floodborn
The King of the Swingers and the Jungle VIP.
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Play deadly hide-and-seek as a shark and octopus in two-player board game Kelp
Kelp yourself to a bite.
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Two of Warhammer's most imposing minis are headed to Age of Sigmar video game Realms of Ruin
New heroes for the Stormcast Eternals and Orruk Kruleboyz.
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Wingspan designer’s new board game is all about the symbiotic relationship between trees and mushrooms
Elizabeth Hargrave translates another personal hobby into a theme-heavy tabletop title.
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The bassist from Cherry Bomb band The Runaways is making a board game about being a rock musician
Jackie Fox’s Rock Hard: 1977 will task players with writing songs, playing gigs and trying to make it big.
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Saw board game takes Kickstarter miniatures to a grim new level with a life-sized severed hand
You’ll be able to take on the traps alone, or with - or against - friends.
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Just in time for Attack on Titan ending, the anime is getting a collectible card game next year
Dedicate your cards!
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Android: Netrunner creator loves the fact fans have kept the cancelled LCG alive - and has "considered" designing more cards himself
Richard Garfield says it’s “very satisfying” to return to games supported by passionate players.
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Dungeons & Dragons wants its 2024 rulebooks to stay relevant and compatible for another decade.
D&D is a “living thing” that will continue to grow.
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Into the Odd RPG’s Arthurian-inspired prequel is a mix of Elden Ring and The Green Knight
Escape to The City.
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Tales from the Loop RPG maker to adapt Simon Stålenhag’s art book sequel The Electric State
Imagine Cormac McCarthy's The Road but with less suffering and more advertisements.
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ChatGPT will soon let an AI teach you board game rules
Open AI’s new GPT program allows premium users to create their own AI agents for any purpose - such as teaching your friends to play Twilight Imperium.
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A God of War (2018) board game is coming from the Zombicide studio
Dad of boy hits the tabletop.
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The audience at the table is Candela Obscura's biggest strength
Critical Role’s horror anthology has a cineliterate delivery that makes it more like watching a movie - even for those rolling the dice.
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Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic lead developer releases a hellish D&D adventure for charity
All proceeds of James Ohlen and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Chains of Asmodeus will support ExtraLife.
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SPONSORED: Loyalty is everything in epic strategy board game WarBonds
Convince your rivals’ troops to change sides while keeping your own units faithful.
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Magic: The Gathering changes more card wordings to keep the TCG as "inclusive and welcoming as possible"
Naga can finally be snakes, and Rakshasa can retire their litter boxes.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free TV shows launch later this month with cooking, character deaths and Patton Oswalt
Two actual play series and a cooking show will fill D&D’s latest attempt at a primetime television takeover
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Bid for spell components on the forest floor in the newest board game from the makers of Calico and Cascadia
Wingspan, Cascadia and Viticulture illustrator Beth Sobel portrays a fantastical forest of foxes.
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MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 pull Hasbro’s bacon out of the fryer as toy giant doubles down on tabletop brands
Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.
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Flamecraft makers’ next board game is Iron Chef-meets-Supermarket Sweep full of whimsical animal cooks
Just imagine the hair nets.
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A New York board game cafe is joining the wave of unionisation across TCG, RPG and tabletop companies
Workers cite unfair wages, lack of job security and “ineffective grievance procedures” as catalysts for unionisation.
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Product delays hit MTG’s dinosaur and exploration-themed set Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Collector boosters and preconstructed commander decks apparently also lost in those caverns.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG reprint revives a 1980s tabletop oddity
Heroes in a hardcover sourcebook.
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Stormlight Archive RPG's lead design team includes D&D, Star Wars RPG and Descent board game credits
Brotherwise Games' full team adapting Brandon Sanderson's fantasy magnum opus will be revealed at Dragonsteel Con 2023.
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This competitive worldbuilding RPG is a contemplative mixture of Discworld and The Quiet Year
All proceeds raised on Itch.io will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
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Announcing our judges for the Tabletop Awards 2023
The best and brightest from across the industry.
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Kingdom Death dungeon-crawling meets Baldur's Gate 3's campfire hangs in board game Hope: Chronicles of Osmae
Stand strong together to defeat monsters, then cut each other's throats back at base.
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DreamEscape is like a choose-your-own-adventure Arkham Horror, with thousands of possible story paths
Part RPG, part card game, part choose-your-own-adventure book.
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Disney Lorcana card featuring Frozen's Elsa sells for over $7,000
This D23 Expo version might be the most expensive Lorcana card sold to date
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Magic: The Gathering’s animated Netflix show still lives - if barely
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks gave a brief nod to the neglected project in a recent investors meeting.
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D&D delays Deck of Many Things release due to extensive manufacturing defects
Wizards of the coast apologises to those who pre-ordered the $99 physical deck of cards for its fantasy tabletop RPG.
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SPONSORED: Submarine sim board game U-BOOT resurfaces on Kickstarter with a massive miniature almost one metre long
Publisher Phalanx reckons the 90cm U-boat is the biggest miniature ever made for a board game.
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Buster Bluth and Veep’s Richard Splett will play D&D with Critical Role for charity
Actors Tony Hale and Sam Richardson take a seat at the roleplay table as part of Red Nose Day 2023.
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Star Wars: Unlimited TCG announces competitive play details and how to earn Tournament Points
Imagine Duel of the Fates playing over a table of cards.
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Disney Lorcana will begin hosting competitive tournaments and fan events in Summer 2024
Prize fights in the House of Mouse.
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Unsettled and Vindication designer’s MMO-like Spirit Fire claims to be the first “living board game”
This high fantasy solo board game boasts World of Warcraft, Metroidvanias and living card games among its influences.
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Stationfall maker’s new influence card game puts you in charge of the Enlightenment-era Illuminati
Become the eye in the pyramid.
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RPG anthology Do Not Adjust Your Set explores modern urban legends with spooky tabletop one-shots
Talking holes never promise anything good.
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Jeff Goldblum’s Jurassic World character will appear on at least two cards in Magic: The Gathering’s new set
Dr. Ian Malcolm is looking a little flat.
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MTG Lost Caverns of Ixalan Mechanics: descending into the depths, crafting treasure and exploring a new world
A new perspective on an old world.
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Dicebreaker Dicebag: Halloween Edition is full of frog wizards, murderous VTubers and interdimensional agents
Plus, a sweeping, epic tabletop RPG of Southeast Asian martial arts and melodrama.
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New board game is like “if Betrayal at House on the Hill and Castlevania had a baby”
Beware Dracula’s Curse.
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Marvel’s pop culture domination spreads to Magic: the Gathering in 2025
The Avengers (and other superheroes) will assemble for at least one tentpole set crossover with the trading card game.
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Finding Atlantis looks like a Battleship board game upgrade with app-assisted undersea exploration
Periscope way, way down.
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Pathfinder and Starfinder RPG books will be more expensive starting next year
Publisher Paizo announces a price increase for all but core sourcebooks due to “economic factors like inflation”
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See Rogue Trader, Warhammer 40,000's answer to Baldur's Gate 3, in action
I love the smell of heresy in the morning.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout crossover includes TCG forms of Dogmeat, radstorms, Caesar and the Mothman
War never changes, but MTG sure does.
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Iconic D&D treasure The Deck of Many Things returns for the price of $99
Chaos comes with a cost.
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Flesh and Blood TCG packs its 2024 calendar with two international events and new set Heavy Hitters
Heavy Hitters will get a first look at its first organised play event of the year in Aotearoa
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Men in Black and Starship Troopers inspired this bug-busting sci-fi tabletop RPG
It won’t let you remember.
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The Hidden Isle uses tarot card readings to create a swashbuckling guardian in the gorgeous RPG
It’s time to divine.